Yes! Autism is partly social difficulty, but that is not the same as a lack of social/emotional perceptivity. The difficulty is mutual among all parties.

I totally ’get’ what is going on in most social encounters, I just feel very little obligation to expend the energy to match the situation quite often.

Lately, I have become more ‘demanding’ socially. It’s working fine, and my attitude has become ‘I will meet people halfway’ in terms of working to accommodate the group vibe.

Quite often, others will sus out my wavelength too and it results in them doing more of their share of the ‘work’ of socializing. If not, well, I am better off learning that they won’t do their share.

I have lately become utterly fine with who I am. I am the normal one, conform to me.